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Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 216739

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Bistolida (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Bistolida Cossmann, 1920
Synonymised
taxa
  Blasicrura stolida (Linnaeus)
Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney. [details]

from synonym: Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 66 [details] [view taxon]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English stolid cowrie  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subspecies Bistolida stolida brianoi Lorenz, 2002
Subspecies Bistolida stolida clavicola Lorenz, 1998
Subspecies Bistolida stolida crossei (Marie, 1869)
Subspecies Bistolida stolida rubiginosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Bistolida stolida salaryensis Bozzetti, 2008
Subspecies Bistolida stolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Bistolida stolida uvongoensis Massier, 2004

Subspecies Bistolida stolida kwajaleinensis (Martin & Senders, 1983) (species inquirenda)
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Comores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Images 
Bistolida stolida
Bistolida stolida
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Bistolida stolida
Bistolida stolida
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216739
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-05-26 07:50:32Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2010-10-02 15:31:39Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216739 on 2013-05-23
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